Rolo Stuffed Ritz Crackers-MMMmmm Monday

Needed a quick refreshment idea for an upcoming staff meeting.  So yummy and quick!

Thanks for the idea lick the bowl good!

Rolo Stuffed Ritz Crackers 

· Rolo Candies

·  Ritz Crackers

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.  

Place Ritz crackers on a cookie sheet face side down, and top each one with a Rolo candy.

Bake for 3-5 minutes to soften (but not fully melt) the Rolos, Remove from the oven and immediately top  the Rolos with a second Ritz cracker. Cool completely before storing in an airtight container. 

NOTE: There are about 55 Rolos candies per bag. 

ORANGE You Glad It's Summer

It's going to be a 
Summer of Personal Progress

We introduced our young women to the program of fun with the "Orange You Glad it's Summer" orange drink bottle with tag.  The orange drink bottles were from the dollar store (6 for a buck) and the tag was easily downloaded (for free!) here.

The girls filled out their questionnaire and then once turned into a leader received their "Orange You Glad" treat.  

Just two questions to fill out:

1. Show Off Spot!  Sometimes showing off is a good thing!  Write about what you are working on and what you enjoy about it:

2. Areas of Improvement!  Write one goal you are working on that seems to need a little jump start.  How can we help?

They were also introduced to the "Summer Glad Bag".  The brightly polka dotted bag will hold summer incentives for young women who work hard to pass off value projects.  Once passed off they are invited to "dip in" and retrieve a fun summer treat or toy.

Each young woman was also invited to chart their progress using this summery Countdown.  I found the template here.  Just modified it a bit by adding Personal Progress to it.

Added a small magnetic sheet (found at Hobby Lobby) to the back of the countdown so the watermelon magnets would grab hold.

I found this metal stand at Michaels.  It's a scrapbook page holder and it worked perfectly for the Countdown Chart holder!

SO glad it's Summer.  And we're off to a great start with our Personal Progress!

FROZEN FRUIT SMOOTHIE

iT'S mmMM mONDAY....AND IT'S HOT TODAY.  TIME TO DIG OUT THE SMOOTHIE RECIPES.  HERE'S ONE FOR YOU TO TRY.

Fruit Smoothie

1 cup orange juice

6 to 8 frozen strawberries

4 to 6 frozen peaches

1 banana

Let berries thaw just a bit, then chop in bite size pieces.  Place All ingredients In Blender.  Whirrrr and Enjoy! 

(frozen fruit is best for thick smoothie) 

A great refreshment for those hot summer months. 

Law School Graduation Party

Yay!!!!! He did it!!! 3 long years of Law School are over for my husband.

Now, 3 long months of studying for the Bar. ;)

We both got diploma's (I especially liked mine!) and it was time to PAR-TAY!!!!

I decided to go with an "office" themed party. I tried to track down a water cooler to put the drinks in but no one I knew had one. So if you ever plan an office themed party, you might want to look into that! One other thing I wish that I would have done is hire a photographer. I was too busy to take very many pictures, especially during the party.

I spent months collecting things like a gavel, Law and Justice Scale and "officey" items. (yes, that's a real word) I actually had a lot of it on hand already so it wasn't too expensive.

 

As you can see I used my 3 tiered cupcake tower as well as my Homework Caddy to display many of the treats. The tutorial's for those crafts are here and here

My friend Nita from Teaspoon of Love made all of these delicious desserts!

Mini Key Lime Pie's & Peanut Butter Cheesecake Swirl Brownies

Pretzel Brownies & Mini Cheesecakes

 Trifle Push Pop's

Strawberry Crème Jello

Chewy Chocolate Mint & Brown Butter Snickerdoodles - YUM!

We also served some delicious appetizers that several of my friends helped to make and bring.

I made the simple single serving Veggies & Dip - always a hit and so easy!

Black Bean Salsa and lots of other goodies! 

For the drinks I served Limeaid and Water. Very refreshing! 

Limeaid:

1 can limeade concentrate
2  2-liter bottles of sprite
Lots of ice

 

I asked party goers to please share their "Key's to Success" with Brent. He got some great advice!

My 16 year old son DJ'd the event. He had a great time and did a great job. The music was a great mix and everyone had a great time!

 So proud of you Brent! 

 

 

 

 

Superhero Teacher Appreciation Luncheon

At the end of the school year the PTA at my kids school puts on a Teacher Appreciation Luncheon for our teachers. I am on the hospitality committee and this falls under our job description.

I was trying to think of a fun theme and remembered this fun party I had for Jackson a few years ago. With a few small tweaks to the fabulous clip art from Andersruff we had our theme! I took the idea from this Logo I had been seeing on Pinterest:

I started by sending out this invitation to all the teachers:

Just like a few years ago for my son's party, my mom was in town and I got her to work making more capes! This time she had to make 35! Is she a great mom or what? Seriously...she's amazing. She got to work in the Holtry Sweatshop.....er....dining room. She may not want to come back again for a while!

After the capes were sewn I went to work on my amazing silhouette! I have to say, I was pretty nervous about this cutting fabric. I was SO pleasantly surprised when it cut the first shield out perfectly!

 I do recommend using the Silhouette brand heat transfer fabric interfacing and not wonder under. I tried that and it did not work very well when I went to iron the shield on to the cape.

After all the decorations were made and food ordered it was time for the party!

 Each teacher received a cape as they arrived!

  Then they enjoyed a delicious lunch of salad's, bread, fruit and a few other goodies

 including these delicious Trifle Push Pops from my friend Nita's company Teaspoon of Love

 The teacher's also got a kick out of the pictures my friend Marcy made of them as superhero's. We thought they were hilarious!

 

 

It turned out to be a GREAT day and we hope all our wonderful teachers felt appreciated.